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Who is Joe McFadden, what school did he go to and is he married? Strictly Come Dancing 2017 contestant and Holby City star

Who is Joe McFadden, what school did he go to and is he married? Strictly Come Dancing 2017 contestant and Holby City star

SCOTTISH actor Joe McFadden has taken to the dance floor as one of the celebs on Strictly Come Dancing 2017. The star – best known for his role as hunky telly doctor Raffaello di Lucca in medical drama Holby City – is paired with dancer Katya Jones. Who is Joe McFadden? Joe McFadden is an […]

SCOTTISH actor Joe McFadden has taken to the dance floor as one of the celebs on Strictly Come Dancing 2017.

The star – best known for his role as hunky telly doctor Raffaello di Lucca in medical drama Holby City – is paired with dancer Katya Jones.

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Who is Joe McFadden?

Joe McFadden is an actor who was born in Glasgow in 1975.

He was the third of four siblings, but was the only child to be interested in acting.

Joe attended Holyroood R.C. Secondary School in Glasgow.

He started acting after his drama teacher suggested he go for a small part in TV show Taggart at the age of 12.

The star was born and raised in GlasgowAlan MacGregor Ewing - The Sun Glasgow

At the age of 15, he had already moved onto his next acting project.

Joe McFadden is also well-known for his love of theatre and has starred in several big shows over the years.

But he is perhaps best known for his role in BBC drama Holby City.

Joe is currently single, and his last public relationship was with Scottish actress Kirsty Mitchell.

What has Joe McFadden starred in?

After starring in Taggart at the age of 12, Joe McFadden went on to appear in shows like Scottish soap Take the High Road, The Crowd Road and Sex, Chips & Rock n’ Roll throughout his teen years and early twenties.

He also appeared in telly movie Bumping the Odds in 1997, before going on to star in The Law in 2000 and Raphael: A Mortal God in 2004.

Joe McFadden has also appeared in films like the 1996 Small Faces, the 1998 Dad Savage and The Trouble With Men and Women in 2003.

The actor also had a starring role in The Crow Road

The Scots actor had some small roles in TV series like The Afternoon Play in 2005 and Judge John Deed in 2006, before he landed a major role as smouldering Doctor Jack Marshall in BBC drama Cranford.

Joe McFadden came to the nation’s attention after scoring a role in hit drama Heartbeat as heartthrob PC Joe Mason from 2007 to 2009.

Joe also had a short stint in BBC medical drama Casualty, before ITV’s Heartbeat was cancelled in 2009.

The actor didn’t return to telly until 2014 when he began his role as Raffaello Di Luca on Holby City.

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